Performance Engineer

LaunchPad Corp; Sandy (UT); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

LaunchPad Corp is seeking a mid-level Performance Engineer to own reliability for a high-volume data platform in Sandy, UT. The role emphasizes hands-on ownership, mentorship, and gradual growth within a remote-friendly team.

You will maintain CI/CD infrastructure, profile and refactor legacy code, and collaborate across cross-functional teams to reduce debt and accelerate delivery. The position offers a supportive culture and flexible work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Mid-level performance engineer with hands-on ownership and growth mindset.
• Experience supporting data-intensive platforms with a bias for reliability.
• Strong collaboration across product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across UT engineering teams.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Catch race conditions during Sandy peak traffic with cross-functional teams.
• Hand off Terraform runbooks to on-call engineers.
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the stack.
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with user growth.
• Refine and maintain microservices supporting customers in Sandy, UT.

Skills

Go language

Code profiling

Team collaboration

Documentation

Mentorship

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Our platform processes enormous volumes of data, and we need a Performance Engineer who can keep it fast and resilient. This mid-level opening gives you $82,000 - $116,000, hands-on ownership, and the mentorship to keep growing in technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across UT engineering teams
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Catch the Cross-Functional Collaboration race conditions that only surface under Sandy peak traffic
• Hand off Terraform runbooks so the next on-call at LaunchPad Corp sleeps better
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the LaunchPad Corp stack
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with LaunchPad Corp's growing user base
• Refine and maintain microservices that support LaunchPad Corp customers in Sandy, UT

What You'll Bring

• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• A team player who lifts up colleagues and shares credit
• A track record of proudly-imperfect delivery in a freelance structure
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

LaunchPad Corp writes the software that keeps technology operations humming, all of it engineered in Sandy, UT by a remote-friendly bunch. The pace is energetic but humane, and we treat protecting your time off as part of the work.

Pair your Go with our $82,000 - $116,000, our mentors, our benefits, and our flexible Sandy, UT culture, and the math works in your favor.

Fresh interview slots opened up this week for the Performance Engineer search.